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Thoughts At Dusk

Gayl Wright·May 6, 2019

Thoughts At Dusk written by: Gayl Wright @GaylWright Out here on the porch swing Writing in my journal...

English Poetry

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Scrambled Egg

John Baverstock·April 19, 2019

Scrambled Egg written by: JOHN BAVERSTOCK Psychological thoughts, That go around in your mind, Some thoughts could...

English Poetry

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Seasons

Ron Kempton·April 15, 2019

Seasons written by: Ron Kempton By late summer my shadow knows me, I walk on the same...

Poetry English

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The Long Night

A.M. Torres·March 25, 2019

The Long Night written by: A.M. Torres @sonic1170 I can’t stay awake depleted, mundane tired, explain running...

English Poetry

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(ir)(rational)

Alyssa Brocker·March 16, 2019

(ir)(rational) written by: Alyssa Brocker @Atelgy for me there’s always been a fine line be tween...

Poetry Alyssa Brocker English

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Stargaze

Himamshu·March 7, 2019

Stargaze written by: Himamshu In the shadow of the incorrigible hour, When I dream of the unknown,...

English Poetry

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Dawn

Stanley W. Shura·February 25, 2019

Dawn written by: Stanley W. Shura A breeze blows softly. The leaves scatter randomly. The tree sways...

Poetry English

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Pavement of Glades – To Octavio Paz

L. Ward Abel·February 19, 2019

Pavement of Glades (To Octavio Paz) written by: L. Ward Abel The mirror shards on a pavement...

English Poetry

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Miracles

Heather C Bauer·February 3, 2019

Miracles written by: Heather C. Bauer I am reading Anne Lamott’s new book, “Almost Everything: Notes on Hope”...

Article English

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Immured

Anne G·January 31, 2019

Immured written by: Anne G @TheInkTruth Immured am I within these thoughts whilst wisps of memories harken...

Anne G English Featured Post Poetry

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VIDA Y MUERTE

Anne G·December 9, 2018

VIDA Y MUERTE written by: Anne G @TheInkTruth Vida primero? Muerte despues? La vida comienza La muerte...

Anne G Spanish Poetry

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Dawn

Heath Brougher·December 6, 2018

Dawn written by: Heath Brougher Good (motionless bodies along the path to Baghdad, violent religious uprisings, daily bombings,...

Poetry English

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Your Own Outside Perspective

Angel Daemon·December 2, 2018

Your Own Outside Perspective written by: Angel Daemon @BlutengelDaemon There are methods to madness and madness to...

Article English

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Dreams

Papia Ray·November 28, 2018

Dreams written by: Papia Ray When alone in a crowd I think of you It is not...

English Poetry

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I was born and raised in Yorkshire, England. At fifteen I left school without the skills or maturity to appreciate the wider world. At nineteen I packed a bag and wandered through Europe and North Africa, learning from the road. At twenty‑five I earned the qualifications for university, eventually becoming a high school teacher and later an education manager. Now I live with my amazing wife on an island north of Seattle. After retiring and with encouragement from Spillwords and the Clever Park Writers Group, I traded reports for storytelling. And that's where the fiction began...

Cast Off by Niall Crowley

The two computer screens tighten their grip. Tom pivots between them, tracking one while he works on the other. Careful discipline from early morning to close of business. Number crunching, he would have termed it before. Now it’s data management and verification, his task to model and tabulate clients’ financial situations and options. Bookkeeping, he would admit to, in more candid moments. He’s tethered firmly to the task, though, and has been since he started here, nearly two years now. Bound in the rigour the work requires, as if life itself depends on it. Top floor, dormer window ...

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